Cigarette holder



Dec. 7, 1948. w. L. JA'cK soN CIGARETTE HOLDER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 25, 1945 Bmw/bow'. x

J/LL/AM L. L/ACKSON Dec. 7, 1948. w. JAcKsoN 2,455,492

CIGAEETTE HOLDER Filed Feb. 23, 1945 2 Sheets-Shet 2 I ame/MM'. &ML/AM L. WCKSOA/ Patented Dec. 7, 1948 U NlT-E o :s mre-s PATENT 'o1=s=-' c e g w JGIGA'RETTE HLBER' William.L-Jackson, Greenville, S. C. "Application February 23, 1945, SeriFNor579A`11 2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a cigarette' hold'er whichis capable of being -used in places' where 'smokin'g'an =unshielded cigarette is hazardous or where'there is `no ash tray* for depositing the ash fiomthe burning cigarette. I It is especially adaptazble' f-or use by members of the' armed services ir places "Where a glow or a light might reveal the' Wher'eabouts of' the smoker tothe enemy. It is a'lso-very adaptable for use: in iactor'es, ofces, warehouses, as a safety .factor .against the spreadingof fires. The cigarette holder is especially adapta'ble i for use with a chemical :lighter suchas shown in Batent Number 2,005,476 to 'Schmittzwhichtcan be 'inserted' in the end of the cigarette holder' an'd the 'cigarette lighted :without axtfiashsuch asiis the :case 'where :a'match is struck iorslighting a cigarette.

..It isa well known fact that soldiers in the field andunder fire or sailors on ship:board, where they areexposedlto View, would desire very much' to smoke, but the same 'is not feasible for the reason that instrking a match toilight'- a cigarette, there is aufiash of :light which reveals the' whereabouts of* thessoldier or sailor to the enemy, and also evena'fter the cigarette' islight'ed, the'glow of .thecoals thereon also reveals the whereabouts of the smoker to the enemy.

There is on the marketand in general use, a cigarette lighter which is commonly known as a Chemical lighter, and in which there are certain chemicals which when a button is pressed on the lighter and the lighter is held to a cigarette, causes the cigarette to be lightd, yet if the cigarette lighter is held in .open View and the button to"the lighter is p'ressd, there will be no outside illumination, and it is With" this type of lighter that my cigarette holder is especially adapted to be used, because with my cigarette holder and the Chemical lightega soldier or sailor on. duty if not -forbidden could light a cigarette and smoke the same without any substantial amount of .glow showing, .because the cigarette would -be lighted within the holder and when the lighterlis Withdrawn, a Shutter is moved to a closed position. The cigarette holder comprises innerand outer members whichlare slotted in offset. relation so as to allow Ventilationwithin the lighter and yet prevent any substantial amount of glo'w from passing to 'the exterior of the holder.

It isztherefore an object of this invention to provide a-'cigarette holder especially adaptable foruse' with a chemical lighter and which' will enable a. cigarette to be Smoked in any place without danger of fi-re or a give-away glow either i 2 i V i in the .acti of lightingia cigarette or whilesmokng the' same.

It :is also .an object of this invention to provide .a cigaretteuholder whichican be usediby 'civilians withoutany danger. ofigniting other objects from the *cigarette and which takes care of 'itsiown ash,'as-the ash from the burning cigarette remains within the cigarette holder and can beiclumped from either endof the'cigarette'holdersas :de-

si-red.

some :of the =objects of the invention` having :been stated, other objects will appear as :thedescripti'onproceeds; when taken in connecticn'with .theaccompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved cigarette holder; i

v Figure 2 isa longitudinal sectional view of Figure land: taken in a vertical plan in-Figure- 1L;

Figura 3 is a View similar to Figure 1 but show- .ing the most "of .the outershell broken away;

Figure 4 is anend View looking at the right hand end oi Figure 1 Figureis across sectional View along the line 5 --5 in Figure 1 Figure 6 isanend View of the left hand end` of Figure 1 but showing the cover member removed;

. 'Figure 7 is an elevation of the left hand; end of Figure lishowing thecover in position;

Figures is :a cross sectional View taken alon .the line 8-8 in Figura 1; y

Figure 9 is an endaview of the left hand end of Figure 1 showing the cover in :open best position; Figure -10 .is a cross-sectional view taken along ;the line o o in Figure l.

Referring more specifically to the drawingthe numeral H) indicates a mouthpiece which hasan enlargedannularportion l l which is covered and reinforcedbya metallic annular member or ferrvule !2. This mouthpiece has a passageway 13 extending therethrough and through which the smoke from the cigaretteis drawn into the mouth of the user. This mouthpiece mis adapted to .have fittedinto the left hand end thereof inFigures Land 2, a conventional cigarette 14. -Adapted to slidably contact the exterior oi the mouthpiece lu is .the restricted annular portion I 5- of an izmer barrel IE.

i Inner barrelvl -has two, oppositely disposed slots l'! and !8 therein, through whichthe'air may pass to the interior of barrel !6. 'Barrel lB-is. openat its left hand end in Figures 1, 2,: and 3. Adapted' to slide in slot !8 isa'screw threaded member: 19 having a head :on its outer end` which engages the exterior of the barrel IS, the shank of screw |9 being embedded in annular portion ll of the mouthpiece after penetrating the ferrule !2. This guides the mouthpiece n when it is slid relative to the barre] member !6 and prevents relative turning movement between the barrel IS and the mouthpiece o.

Integral with the barrel !6 is an outer barrel 2l which is spaced somewhat from the inner barrel IG to provide a space 22 between the inner and outer barrels. The right hand end of barrel 2l and the right hand end of barrel !8 are fused together as the outer barrel has an end wall 23 extending inwardly from the outer barrel 2| and is iused to the annular portion l of the inner barrel. A pair of openings 24 and 25 are provided to allow air to enter in between the inner and outer barrels.

At the other end, or left hand end of the cigarette holder as shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the inner and outer barrels are made integral with each other, but as before stated, left hand end of barrel !6 is open and is adapted to be closed by a swnging shutter 26 having a pair of prongs 21 integral therewith which are pivoted as at 28 on each side of barrel 2l and which lid or cover can be raised or fiung to one side as shown in Figure 9 to allow a cigarette to be inserted when the mouthpiece ID is slid to the left in Figures l, 2, and 3, and then when the parts are returned to the position shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3, the lighter can be inserted into the inner barrel to light the cigarette but of course, if it were to be used in civilian life, the cigarette could be lighted by an ordinary match while its left hand end is projecting from the open end of barrel 16. i

The shutter 26 is adapted to be arrested in proper position by means of a projection 30 projecting from one or both sides of the outer barrel 2 I It is to be noted that the slots IT and |8 are disposed at substantially 180 degrees apart from each other whereas the outer shell 2| has a pair of slots 3! 'and 32 which are disposed in the exterior shell 2l in ofiset relation to the slots I'l and |8 of inner barrel IG, so that any glow which might pass out through the inner slots would not be visible for any substantial distance through the outer slots 3| and 32 in the outer barrel 2I.

In the drawings and specification, there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece having a passageway therethrough, into one end of which one end of a cigarette is adapted to be placed, said mouthpiece having a peripheral shoulder on the end which receives the end of the cigarette, a shield member comprising an inner tubular member open at one end and having an inwardly projecting shoulder at its other end slidably mounted on the mouthpiece to prevent separation of the mouthpiece from the tubular member when the two parts are in extended position, said tubular member having joined' to each end thereof, and in spaced relation thereto, by end walls, an outer member which is rectangular in cross section, the end wall adjacent the mouthpiece having openings therein, the side walls of the outer member having longitudinally extending slots therein and the inner tubular member having longitudinal slots therein disposed substantially 180 apart and in nonregistering position with the slots in the outer member, the peripheral shoulder on the mouthpiece having Secured therein a screw which projects through one of the slots in the tubular member to guide the mouthpiece relative to the tubular member when the mouthpiece is telescoped within the tubular member, and a pivoted closure member mounted on the shield member for closing the open end of the tubular member.

2. A cigarette holder comprising a mouthpiece provided with a smoke passageway which is enlarged at its inner end for receiving one end of a cigarette, the inner end of the mouthpiece having a shoulder portion extending entirely therearound, a tubular member, open at one end and having an opening in the other end of less diameter than the inside diameter of the tubular member, to prevent the shoulder on the mouthpiece from passing out of the tubular member when the tubular member and the mouthpiece are in extended position, a shell member, rec tangular in cross section, and surrounding said tubular member in spaced relation to the exterior of the tubular member and having its end remote from the mouthpiece cast integral with the end of the tubular member, a wall closing the end of the shell member adjacent the mouthpiece and having an opening therein for slidably receiving the mouthpiece and having additional openings therein to permit ventilation in the space between the shell member and the tubular member, the shell member having a longitudinally extending slot in one of its side walls near the bottom portion of said side wall and having a longitudinally extending slot in the opposite side wall near the top of said side wall, the inner tubular memb-er having opposed longitudnally extending slots therein disposed at substantially from the slots in the shell member, the mouthpiece having embedded in its end portion which is disposed inside of the tubular member a projection which extends through one of the slots in the tubular member to guide the mouthpiece relative to the tubular member when they are telescoped, and a closure member movably mounted on the shell member for closing the open end of the tubular member. i

WILLIAM L. JACKSON. I

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